I had been seeing “Jennifer” for two years and on a few occasions, she would be concerned with pain in a specific area of her lower spine. She had injured her back 4 years ago under the guidance of a yoga practitioner. A few weeks ago she again experienced this discomfort. I asked her to […]
It has been almost a year since my last newsletter. In September 2025, I experienced some health challenges that resulted in an 8 day hospital stay. It has taken me many months to fully regain my energy and drive. At the time, I was overwhelmed by a stressful deadline but I had convinced myself that […]
Twenty years ago, I was recovering from a devastating brain infection in the Ottawa General rehabilitation hospital. On my way to my daily physiotherapy sessions, I used to pass a poster with a quote from Henry David Thoreau – “Advance confidently in the direction of your dreams, and endeavor to live the life you have […]
If you want to get a deeper understanding of yourself, become aware of what you sense physically and emotionally in your body. Without judgment, observe what happens within your body while you are in a particular situation. Notice the level of tension in your body. Could your physical reaction be telling you something about yourself? […]
Pema Chodron said, “Things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.” Well, isn’t this the way […]
Anytime we are challenged to reach beyond our limits a certain amount of discomfort will arise to make us aware we are being stretched. It is only natural to want to stay where things are comfortable, where everything is easy and painless. However, when we only do what we know and only do what feels […]